CFE

• Theological Virtues


  We believe in God (faith). We love God above all else, and all things in God (charity or love). We yearn for union with God, experienced fully only in the next life but tasted in this one (hope).
• Faith


  The virtue whereby we assent to the truths about God, truths that surpass our reason. A person of faith does not comprehend God, but he or she is habitually disposed to accept certain beliefs about God and to discern what ought to be believed and what ought not to be believed about God. Faith inspires us to do all we can in tandem, rather than apart from God. Moreover, people of faith see the world as blessed, see creation as a gift, and see other persons as neighbors they are called to love.
• Like the disciples in the Gospel, who were caught off guard by the turbulent storm, this unexpected covid-19 pandemic


  Makes us afraid and lost. We are on the same boat, all of us are fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed. All of us are called to grow together in order to surpass this pandemic.
• We have to be a person of great faith especially this time.
• Hope


  The virtue that focuses our lives on God, but specifically on our future happiness with God. Hope fixes our attention on God so that as we move through life we do not turn away from God to lesser goods but continually tend to God as our greatest possible good.
• At this point in time, we should be hopeful and passionate in the offering of prayer and service especially for this pandemic to come to an end.
• We must steadfastly cling to God, confident that God accompanies us and assists us, and will provide what we need to reach the greatest possibility for our lives.
• We must hope and believe that in His perfect time, the darkness brought about by the pandemic today will soon vanish and a brighter tomorrow is waiting for us.
• Charity/Love


  The virtue whereby we love God for His own sake and a state whereby our desires are uniformly ordered to God. Charity directs everything we do, and thus brings every other virtue to its utmost possible perfection, so that all our actions, no matter how small, have supernatural bearings.
• If Christians are called to have the same mind or attitude that we see in Christ (Phil 2:5), then they are to witness in their own lives the costly, but truly life-giving goodness of Jesus.
• When we love, we act so that others and ourselves might flourish.
• The Christian virtue of love will be central to our living in this crisis.
• Cardinal Virtues


  Four virtues seen as essential for moral life: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. These are called the cardinal virtues because every other virtue can be seen as parts of one of these four virtues and because having the kind of life a human being ought to have "hinges" or is dependent on possessing each of these virtues.
• Prudence


  The virtue about knowing how to make thoughtful and wise decisions. It is the "perfected ability to make right decisions". Prudence aims to make everything we do contribute to what we take to be the ultimate good of our lives.
• Perhaps the most sought-after virtue at this time is prudence. We've had to make many consequential decisions in the midst of the unknown.
• Justice


  The habit of readiness which inclines one to give others what is due to them. It helps us to live together harmoniously when exercised with respect to the rights of others. Justice teaches us that the wellbeing of individuals and community are interrelated in such a way that what promotes one promotes the other, and what harms one harms the other as well.
• The current coronavirus pandemic gives us an opportunity to practice respect for everyone's rights without distinction of rank or position.
• Courage/Fortitude


  The virtue that strengthens us so that we can overcome the fears, difficulties, setbacks, and dangers that challenge us in life. Perseverance is an essential part of courage, giving us the resolution we need to stand firm in our convictions.
• Although fear is a natural feeling as the virus continues to spread now, it should not control us. We need to rightfully fear the things that are fearful and take necessary precautions without becoming imprudent or reckless.
• Temperance


  The virtue that governs and directs our desires. It does not fear or repress the desires, passions, and hunger of our lives, but it does order, and regulate them in case they begin to rule over us. It ensures the will's mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the light of what is honorable.
• Right now, practicing temperance means taming or calming our impulses against excess and governing ourselves by reason.
• Virtues


  Developed capacities of mind or will to accomplish moral good. They are good moral habits, affections, attitudes, and beliefs that lead to genuine human fulfilment, even perfection, on both personal and social levels.
• Habits form who we are and what we do. Our actions flow from and express our character, and our choices and actions help shape who we are and thus our future choices and actions.